The Little River, a minor inland
perennial river of the
Goulburn Broken catchment, part of the
Murray-Darling basin, is located in the lower
South Eastern Highlands
The South Eastern Highlands is an interim Australian bioregion in eastern Australia, that spans parts of the states and territories of New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, and Victoria. The bioregion comprises and is approxi ...
bioregion and
Northern Country/North Central regions of the
Australia
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n state of
Victoria. The headwaters of the Little River rise below the
Cathedral Range and descend to flow into the
Acheron River
The Acheron (; grc, Ἀχέρων ''Acheron'' or Ἀχερούσιος ''Acherousios''; ell, Αχέροντας ''Acherontas'') is a river located in the Epirus region of northwest Greece. It is long, and its drainage area is . Its source is ...
at .
Location and features
The river rises in the Blue Range below Tweed Spur within Cathedral Range, part of the
Great Dividing Range
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, within the
Cathedral Range State Park
The Cathedral Range State Park (Taungurung language, Taungurung: Nanadhong) located in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, approximately north-east of Melbourne.Parks Victoria (1998). Cathedral Range State Park: draft management plan. Par ...
and flows generally northwest, through the Rubicon State Forest and a rugged state park as the river descends, before reaching its
confluence
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with the Acheron River at Taggerty. The river descends over its
course
Course may refer to:
Directions or navigation
* Course (navigation), the path of travel
* Course (orienteering), a series of control points visited by orienteers during a competition, marked with red/white flags in the terrain, and corresponding ...
.
[
The river is crossed by the Maroondah Highway, near its mouth at .
]
See also
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References
Goulburn Broken catchment
Rivers of Hume (region)
Tributaries of the Goulburn River
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